Texas columnist discovers it’s not illegal to vote in a Big Bird costume

The Austin American Statesmen humor columnist, John Kelso, discovered that it’s not illegal in Texas to vote in a Big Bird costume.

Kelso writes that he decided to vote in a Big Bird costume, even though he would have preferred to dress as Daffy Duck or Tweety Bird, after Mitt Romney said in a debate that he would cut funding to PBS.

The line to get in and vote was long. Edd (the personal security guard) and I stood in it for more than half an hour. The Bird suit was like Lady Gaga — hot and itchy. An old guy standing in line in front of me the whole time was trying to ignore me, and he was doing a pretty good job of it. He probably thought I was an idiot. But a lot of women wanted to take my picture.

“I’ve got to get a picture of Big Bird going to vote,” one woman said. “That’s very good.”

“I shaved my legs for this?” Edd said.

“Vote right, Big Bird,” said a woman who was walking by. Maybe she was a Republican.